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the first american soldier to survive using all four limbs and the iraq war now says he's excited for the future. he received a rare double on transplant last month. brendan morocco wheeled himself into a news conference said john saucer to doug johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. >> this is my elbow. not much movement at all, not yet in this arm. at least we are hopeful for the future to get some pretty good function added. lou: doctors expect it will take two to three years for him to regain full use of his new arms. coming up tomorrow, former secretary of state, dr. henry kissinger joins us on the growing unrest in the middle east, the president of the national immigration and customs enforcement council will be with us. veteran democratic campaign strategist among our guests. stay with us. were coming right back. the president could not resist putting himself right in the middle of immigration reform initiatives. what initiative was a really? the "a-team" will have the answers. go to loudobbs.com for links to our facebook page, twitter, send us an e-mail..wel for coming right bac
the first american soldier to survive using all four limbs and the iraq war now says he's excited for the future. he received a rare double on transplant last month. brendan morocco wheeled himself into a news conference said john saucer to doug johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. >> this is my elbow. not much movement at all, not yet in this arm. at least we are hopeful for the future to get some pretty good function added. lou: doctors expect it will take two to three years for him to...
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chuck hagel writes, so why did we invade iraq? i believe it is the triumph, arrogance and incompetent that took america into this war of choice. chuck hagel, it should be said did not begin his career as a foreign policy apostate, in 2002, he voted for the iraq war. he wanted to tear up the missile treaty we have with russia to build a missile defense shield, and put boots on the ground in kosovo, which was at the edge of the extreme hawkishness. like many in the country, though relatively few in the congress, hagel was changed about the iraq war, he became a cautious critic and ended as an angry opponent. he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican party's entire turn towards the unilateral, the very idea that america had the idea to topple the multiple dictators. this is what makes hagel so important, he is one of the few who is changed by iraq. he goes on to write "what the republican foreign policy establishment fears i
chuck hagel writes, so why did we invade iraq? i believe it is the triumph, arrogance and incompetent that took america into this war of choice. chuck hagel, it should be said did not begin his career as a foreign policy apostate, in 2002, he voted for the iraq war. he wanted to tear up the missile treaty we have with russia to build a missile defense shield, and put boots on the ground in kosovo, which was at the edge of the extreme hawkishness. like many in the country, though relatively few...
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that will never hap in in iraq. >> but he ended up voting to go to war in iraq. that didn't manifest itself as consistency in his voting record. >> and at a point where iraq was going quite badly, he had an opportunity to support the surge and chose not to. that, i think, shows a real question in judgment. the surge -- >> go ahead. >> you're saying that his being wrong on the surge raises questions of judgment. but for lindsey graham and john mccain and bill kristol and all of these people who were supportive of the iraq war and haven't changed their view one iota, we should take their judgment about chuck hagel? >> and how much of this is about republican politics, he didn't support john mccain. a lot of republicans question whether he's really republican. >> i think on foreign policy, he clearly differs from republicans on foreign policy. but if he defines himself as a republican, he will get a nomination, but clearly that's not the case. there are other things, refusing to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization, something that 88 senators signed a let
that will never hap in in iraq. >> but he ended up voting to go to war in iraq. that didn't manifest itself as consistency in his voting record. >> and at a point where iraq was going quite badly, he had an opportunity to support the surge and chose not to. that, i think, shows a real question in judgment. the surge -- >> go ahead. >> you're saying that his being wrong on the surge raises questions of judgment. but for lindsey graham and john mccain and bill kristol and...
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and i was around when everyone said no to the vietnam war, no to the iraq war. this is another kind of a war. and we have more control over it if we have the courage. >> can we win this war? is the conversation and the mood at a tipping point in this country, in your opinion? >> i only can hope so. i can't get into the mind of that gentleman who started pointing his finger at piers morgan and going off on some rant that the government is coming to get us all. government is not coming to get us all. we get to that point, nothing is going to help us if the military turnses against the people. let's get real here. we're talking innocent lives lost. it seems to me we should do three things right now. get the weapons of war off our streets. keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and children, and also make sure that our schools are safe by allowing the local governments to avail themselves of some grant programs so they can bring secure schools, make them a reality in their neighborhoods. >> senator boxer, with the assault weapons ban of 1994, would that pass
and i was around when everyone said no to the vietnam war, no to the iraq war. this is another kind of a war. and we have more control over it if we have the courage. >> can we win this war? is the conversation and the mood at a tipping point in this country, in your opinion? >> i only can hope so. i can't get into the mind of that gentleman who started pointing his finger at piers morgan and going off on some rant that the government is coming to get us all. government is not...
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. >> he turned against the war in iraq, basically, although his criticism of it was pretty, actually, pretty good. >> he wasn't even for the war in iraq, but then he voted for it. >> peter, what do you make of it? >> the irony is chuck hagel's skepticism about the military efficacy of military action against iran is very, very similar to what we're hearing from the national security establishment in israel. chuck hagel's view, which is that war once launched with iran could have unpredictable consequences and may not be effective is the same thing said by israeli generals. >> the same thing he said about iraq. about what happened afterwards. >> this is chuck hagel's real sin, i think, from the respect of people like lindsey fwram and john mccain. he has learned lessons from iraq and afghanistan, these two disastrous wars that are cost us so much that he's putting into action in his thinking about iran, that is exactly what the contemporary leaders of the republican party refuse to do. >> he was attacked by bill crystal when he was saying we should be skeptical about what might happen
. >> he turned against the war in iraq, basically, although his criticism of it was pretty, actually, pretty good. >> he wasn't even for the war in iraq, but then he voted for it. >> peter, what do you make of it? >> the irony is chuck hagel's skepticism about the military efficacy of military action against iran is very, very similar to what we're hearing from the national security establishment in israel. chuck hagel's view, which is that war once launched with iran...
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when he commanded all of iraq, he basically set up this thing called the sons of iraq which paid ex-militants to come over and fight on the american side against the jihadists using the commander's discretionary fund. again, on his own authority. he didn't tell his superiors back in washington about this. and these kinds of enterprises, he did this, he had to do it because that was the only way he could succeed on the battlefield. but you know, once you do this sort of thing enough you get used to it. >> i spent a little time with him in baghdad in 2005. and i saw him. i saw how he operated and obviously he was very self-confident, very unique and he did things exactly the way you point out, the way he thought was best for the country. did you in your research, you did a ton of research did you meet paula broadwell? i know you interviewed over 100 people in connection with the book. >> no i never interviewed her. i know who she is. i know people who know her. this affair was widely rumored but nobody really believed it was happening until it was discovered. >> yeah. so do you believe he did t
when he commanded all of iraq, he basically set up this thing called the sons of iraq which paid ex-militants to come over and fight on the american side against the jihadists using the commander's discretionary fund. again, on his own authority. he didn't tell his superiors back in washington about this. and these kinds of enterprises, he did this, he had to do it because that was the only way he could succeed on the battlefield. but you know, once you do this sort of thing enough you get used...
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we did this to iraq. how come we can't help them and do this in haiti by actually putting them up, a military administrative, somebody to go in and actually help run the country. set the systems back in place and turn it over to the hatian people and when every system is up and running. it can be done, we did it in iraq. >> greta: coming up after the earth stopped shaking, the people of haiti facing another giant and deadly threat. cholera. the latest on the epidemic. plus, our tour of a samaritan's purse cholera clinic for children. that's next and so many children left without parents and left without homes. now, a fresh start for dozens of haiti's children. you'll hear from the executive director of the greta home and academy coming up. . >> with mama's and papas and asked to do and i do it as the other kids. so i would like that, that-- and people are sending things for so that we have more blessings. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one o
we did this to iraq. how come we can't help them and do this in haiti by actually putting them up, a military administrative, somebody to go in and actually help run the country. set the systems back in place and turn it over to the hatian people and when every system is up and running. it can be done, we did it in iraq. >> greta: coming up after the earth stopped shaking, the people of haiti facing another giant and deadly threat. cholera. the latest on the epidemic. plus, our tour of a...
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two vietnam vets square off against each other over the iraq surge. as chuck hagel is challenged by john mccain. >> would you please answer the question? will you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no. >> my reference to the surge being -- >> the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straight forward question. >> well -- >> i would like to answer whether you are right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i am not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> let the record show you refuse to answer that question. now, please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why i -- >> i absolutely would like answer answer. yes or no. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. >> is this finally the year for immigration reform? president obama sits down with jose diaz bullart. >> i don't think that it should take many, man
two vietnam vets square off against each other over the iraq surge. as chuck hagel is challenged by john mccain. >> would you please answer the question? will you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no. >> my reference to the surge being -- >> the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straight forward question. >> well --...
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i met the head of asia cell in iraq three years ago. at the time, he said the company would be iraq's first big ipo. it seemed a little bit like a dream then, but that bet could be paying off. asia cell is now one of the three biggest mobile phone operators in iraq. >>> well, offshore drilling company transocean will pay $1.4 billion in fines and penalties for its part in the worst offshore oil spill in american history. the company's also going to plead guilty to violating the clean water act. transocean, you may recall, owned the actual deepwater horizon rig that sank after the explosion in which 11 were killed in 2010. the company most associated with the disaster, though, isn't transocean. it's bp. and bp tells us that the settlement, i'll quote them, jr underscores what every official investigation has found, that the deepwater horizon accident resulted in multiple accidents from multiple parties. >>> and five men have been charged with the brutal gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman. a senior police official tells cnn the me
i met the head of asia cell in iraq three years ago. at the time, he said the company would be iraq's first big ipo. it seemed a little bit like a dream then, but that bet could be paying off. asia cell is now one of the three biggest mobile phone operators in iraq. >>> well, offshore drilling company transocean will pay $1.4 billion in fines and penalties for its part in the worst offshore oil spill in american history. the company's also going to plead guilty to violating the clean...
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we didn't get one with iraq. that is the reason there are no u.s. troops in iraq. iraq is dealing with resurgence of al qaeda. we're pressuring them as well. they're trying to pressure us. they want things. we want things. of course they will have that meeting on friday. melissa: do you think there is, everybody always makes the case the danger is if we leave there it become as haven for al qaeda again. >> right. melissa: do you think that's a real possibility? certainly seems like they have free run in pakistan so, i don't know. is it really helping us? go ahead. >> there is reason to be concerned, melissa. i think that this is what security analysts are really worried about. if we leave there can the afghan forces deal with call died? will taliban take over the country? will al qaeda come back in as a welcome guest? will they move over from pakistan? will they use afghanistan to destablize pakistan which has nuclear arsenal of over 100 weapons? what price security? how much did 9/11 cost us? we have to remember that. we have to be careful we don't just think abou
we didn't get one with iraq. that is the reason there are no u.s. troops in iraq. iraq is dealing with resurgence of al qaeda. we're pressuring them as well. they're trying to pressure us. they want things. we want things. of course they will have that meeting on friday. melissa: do you think there is, everybody always makes the case the danger is if we leave there it become as haven for al qaeda again. >> right. melissa: do you think that's a real possibility? certainly seems like they...
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to invade iraq. but that leak to "the new york times" and then citing the "new york times" as having published it, that was very effective at the time. part of the colin powell presentation to the u.n. around that same time, about why the u.s. was going to invade iraq was what he described as evidence of iraq's mobile biological weapons labs. that intel, which was publicized to try to get us to war with iraq came from an iraqi defector nicknamed curveball, a guy who later admitted he made up everything he told to german intelligence, specifically to try to get the west to go to war with iraq because he thought saddam was an enemy. the complicity and direct help of our own government in selling us that bullpucky that was not true in order to make it politically possible to go to war in iraq, that is the original sin of the george w. bush era in america. but it does not mean that they cooked up all that fake and misleading intelligence all by themselves. some of it came from enemies of saddam and iraqi
to invade iraq. but that leak to "the new york times" and then citing the "new york times" as having published it, that was very effective at the time. part of the colin powell presentation to the u.n. around that same time, about why the u.s. was going to invade iraq was what he described as evidence of iraq's mobile biological weapons labs. that intel, which was publicized to try to get us to war with iraq came from an iraqi defector nicknamed curveball, a guy who later...
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i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> we had big news out of the fed today with some feeling the purchases should be slowed or stopped all together on 2013. quick reaction. gold dropping about 23 bucks app. >> for the yield, it was at three-month highs this morning. ten-year yield ticked up hitting 190 earlier on. euro dropped. as for equity markets we have seen a mild tick down in all three major industries. brian? >> bill gross, pemco won the floor. we appreciate you joining us on such short notice. as soon as we saw these headlines, we said with be we have to get bill on the line. do you few it this way? >> no, not a sea change but a bit of a surprise. a few wanted qe to end at the end of 2013 and several wanted it well before. so that means perhaps four or five members are in the opp
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output cut by saudi arabia and interruption from supplies from iraq and falling iranian exports are being blamed for the decline. oil futures capped off the biggest weekly gain in three months, rising 2 1/2% for the week. >>> next on "money", i didn't see anything to get excited about in today's jobs report and i don't think our panel did but why is christian dorsey jumping for joy? he is kind of sitting but looks joyous. i will does him with cold water when he tries to disagree with me coming up. >>> don't you want to though if you're eating again net i canly modified food? washington state is letting voters decide if labels are really necessary. we'll explain that coming up. do you ever have too much money or too many food labels? [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to lp people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood
output cut by saudi arabia and interruption from supplies from iraq and falling iranian exports are being blamed for the decline. oil futures capped off the biggest weekly gain in three months, rising 2 1/2% for the week. >>> next on "money", i didn't see anything to get excited about in today's jobs report and i don't think our panel did but why is christian dorsey jumping for joy? he is kind of sitting but looks joyous. i will does him with cold water when he tries to...
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we have brought wars in iraq and we will bring the war in afghanistan to an honorable conclusion. we have opened up opportunities for all-americans to serve in our military. and we continue to strongly support our forces, their families, and our wounded warriors. these are some of the achievements that i am proud of. let me close by expressing my profound gratitude to the outstanding team of military and civilian staff and leaders that i've had the opportunity serve with at the department of defense and at the white house. in particular, let me deeply thank the outstanding men and women in uniform who i've had the privilege to serve and to lead. those who put their lives on the line everyday on distant battle fields for this country. their sacrifices teach us that freedom is not free. a strong democracy depends on a strong defense but you can also not have a strong and stable defense without a strong and stable democracy. as we continue to confront strategic challenges and fiscal austerity, my hope for the future is that the sense of duty, our service members and their families ex
we have brought wars in iraq and we will bring the war in afghanistan to an honorable conclusion. we have opened up opportunities for all-americans to serve in our military. and we continue to strongly support our forces, their families, and our wounded warriors. these are some of the achievements that i am proud of. let me close by expressing my profound gratitude to the outstanding team of military and civilian staff and leaders that i've had the opportunity serve with at the department of...
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importantly in syria where the war is not only 60,000 lives a day, but it's going across the borders into iraq, jordan, turkey. the one country, the one people that doesn't have a country coming out of historical colonialism is something we'll talk more about in 2013. >> you are mentioning risks outside the united states. but you also see risk in the u.s. >> we do. really about washington politics. that fiscal cliff deal should make us no mar happy or satisfied we'll have a bipartisan deal on the debt ceiling. >> dysfunction. >> extreme dysfunction. even if we power through that, all the structural trends in the u.s. are quite positive. housing and the energy revolution and business profits. as a consequence of all of that, there is a reality. the political risk is going to slow economic growth in the u.s. somewhat. but that downside is really bounded. it's really limited in a way that it's not in so many of the emerging markets around the world. >> another risk you bring up is the jibs. that's japan, israel, and britain. >> that's right. china is rising, the middle east is exploding, and euro
importantly in syria where the war is not only 60,000 lives a day, but it's going across the borders into iraq, jordan, turkey. the one country, the one people that doesn't have a country coming out of historical colonialism is something we'll talk more about in 2013. >> you are mentioning risks outside the united states. but you also see risk in the u.s. >> we do. really about washington politics. that fiscal cliff deal should make us no mar happy or satisfied we'll have a...
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. >>> iraq and afghanistan veterans biked to key west for the annual soldiers ride. along the way they stopped at a dolphin research center to take a swim with the animals. >>> a tidal wave of crimson and cream hit the nation's capitol. 1 was the 100th birthday a sorori sorority. >>> folks in seattle gave themselves a record-breaking snow day. check this out. nearly 6,000 people used 160,000 pounds of snow to break the world record for the largest snowball fight. >>> and thousands of new yorkers stripped down for the no pants subway ride. since its 2002 inception, dozens of cities have also joined in on this one. okay. >>> in sports, nfl playoffs, pats/texans. tom brady passed for three touchdowns in a 40-28 win over the texans. it was brady's 17th win in postseason play. >>> a thriller in atlanta as falcons quarterback matt ryan was hot in the closing minutes to set up a winning field goal and a win over the seattle seahawks, 30-28. next sunday, atlanta hosts san francisco in the nfc championship game and the ravens are in new england for the afc title game. the two
. >>> iraq and afghanistan veterans biked to key west for the annual soldiers ride. along the way they stopped at a dolphin research center to take a swim with the animals. >>> a tidal wave of crimson and cream hit the nation's capitol. 1 was the 100th birthday a sorori sorority. >>> folks in seattle gave themselves a record-breaking snow day. check this out. nearly 6,000 people used 160,000 pounds of snow to break the world record for the largest snowball fight....
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i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> the mega rich may be the only people to be truly happy with the fiscal cliff deal. why? why, rich? >> it was fear and loathing among the wealthy last month but there are signs of relief today. the cliff deal raises taxes but less than president obama hoped for. he wanted a top tax rate of 39.6 from current 35%. he got that but only on individuals making $400,000 more or households making 450. obama wanted 250,000 as cut off. there are hundreds of thousands of tax payers in that group that will no longer have to worry about a tax increase. obama got his increase on capital gains to 20%. but the big one, dividend were huge upside surprise. obama wanted the race to go from 15 to 39.6. that's why we saw all those accelerated dividends last month. it only
i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> the mega rich may be the only people to be truly happy with the fiscal cliff deal. why? why, rich? >> it was fear and loathing among the wealthy...
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chuck hagel, for being opposed to the surge, he voted for the war in iraq. so, you know, there is a lot of exaggeration going on here after all these years, after the invasion of iraq, after 9/11, the idea that there is new wants in our foreign policy should be embraced there is no litmus test. this is not the day after 9/11. >> i mean, at the end of the day, no democrats are going to contest this, the way the republicans are. in the era of obstruction, the democrats may have a question or two. but they're all going to be on board. >> they're going to hang together, yes. absolutely. >> richard wolffe, great to have you with us tonight. thank you so much. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts with us on twitter at edshow and on facebook. we always want to know what you think. >>> coming up, tax breaks for the rich and famous. we found some loopholes that is going to make your blood boil a little bit. let's get into the devil in the detail. find out why some republicans are opposing some obvious reforms, n
chuck hagel, for being opposed to the surge, he voted for the war in iraq. so, you know, there is a lot of exaggeration going on here after all these years, after the invasion of iraq, after 9/11, the idea that there is new wants in our foreign policy should be embraced there is no litmus test. this is not the day after 9/11. >> i mean, at the end of the day, no democrats are going to contest this, the way the republicans are. in the era of obstruction, the democrats may have a question...
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a recipient of the purple heart and bronze star, he served in iraq and is currently serving in afghanistan. that wasn't the only first at the parade. the department of defense entered its first-ever float, a replica of washington's korean war memorial to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of what is often called the forgotten war. and a couple from chesapeake, virginia, got married atop an elaborate set up called the love float. >>> this new year's day has special historical significance as well. it is the 150th anniversary of the signing of the emancipation proclamation when president abe lam lincoln abolished slavery with the stroke of a pen. today, a postage stamp was issued as a result. our report tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: 2:00 today in amhurst, massachusetts, and else where, marking the 150th celebration of the emancipation proclamation. >> we're at a better time in history. >> reporter: at 2:00 p.m. on january 1st, 1863, president abraham lincoln is said to excuse himself from the east room. he headed to his office upstairs, now the lincoln bedroom, and signed the e
a recipient of the purple heart and bronze star, he served in iraq and is currently serving in afghanistan. that wasn't the only first at the parade. the department of defense entered its first-ever float, a replica of washington's korean war memorial to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of what is often called the forgotten war. and a couple from chesapeake, virginia, got married atop an elaborate set up called the love float. >>> this new year's day has special historical...
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>> well, the reason for that drop in defense spending is primarily because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan winding down. so we're seeing, we had been spending up to $160 billion a year on the two wars combined. that has come down already to just $85 billion this year. so we're going to see that continue to decline over the next couple years. eventually the war funding will be completely gun. that is a lot of what we're seeing. david: let me ex-trap lot -- ex-trap owe late who is being hurt. i would expect a lot of small contractors. food service companies that provide the mre's for soldiers, that sort of company is being hurt particularly bad right now, right? >> right. it is the small companies not as diversified. they may have only have a handful of contracts, when the contracts expire it could devastate their business. also the service sector. dod contracts for a lot of different types of services of the not just for food service but security services for people to mow the grass, you name it. do systems engineering, things like that. they will be hurt as well in this downturn. david: ta
>> well, the reason for that drop in defense spending is primarily because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan winding down. so we're seeing, we had been spending up to $160 billion a year on the two wars combined. that has come down already to just $85 billion this year. so we're going to see that continue to decline over the next couple years. eventually the war funding will be completely gun. that is a lot of what we're seeing. david: let me ex-trap lot -- ex-trap owe late who is being...
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i thought i could do my part in iraq and afghanistan. as i watched the drift in washington in the first two years of the obama administration, i thought again we face a perilous moment. this time it's the debt crisis we face. when our incumbent congressman announced his retirement i thought i could perhaps provide some of that leadership here in washington. i wanted come to washington and fight for the same freedoms here that i did in iraq and afghanistan. >> some of your first votes. you are being called what's part of the hell no caucus. my apologies for the language there but it wasn't mine. it's a cover story. do you accept that idea that that's the -- that's what your role is going to be in the republican conference? >> i don't think that'll be my role in the republican conference. but i think that the congress as a whole may need to say hell no to barack obama a little bit more. frankly i wish we might have had people here in 2009 and 2010 who were saying that as obama care was passed, as the stimulus was passed, as a dodd/frank fi
i thought i could do my part in iraq and afghanistan. as i watched the drift in washington in the first two years of the obama administration, i thought again we face a perilous moment. this time it's the debt crisis we face. when our incumbent congressman announced his retirement i thought i could perhaps provide some of that leadership here in washington. i wanted come to washington and fight for the same freedoms here that i did in iraq and afghanistan. >> some of your first votes. you...
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but is their opposition more israel or iraq? what is it? let's bring in former rnc chairman michael steele and press secretary for president obama's re-election campaign. jen, let me start with you. a piece this morning that said, chuck hagel's biggest problem sort of facing him potentially on capitol hill is that, you know, he is obama. that this is sort of -- he fits obama more than anything. so, this is almost implying that the people against him are proxy fighting. this is about a proxy of all the things that they have been upset with obama on they're going to take out. >> probably some element of truth in that in terms of the politics around it. however, he is a republican who served for decades in the senate who was on the intelligence committee, who was on the foreign relations committee, who is a decorated vietnam war hero. are republicans really, i know a lot of vocal outranl, but are they going to vote against a war hero who is a republican, former republican senator? that's the question. >> well, michael steele, the republican in
but is their opposition more israel or iraq? what is it? let's bring in former rnc chairman michael steele and press secretary for president obama's re-election campaign. jen, let me start with you. a piece this morning that said, chuck hagel's biggest problem sort of facing him potentially on capitol hill is that, you know, he is obama. that this is sort of -- he fits obama more than anything. so, this is almost implying that the people against him are proxy fighting. this is about a proxy of...
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get us out of iraq. yeah. >> they are acting like it would be the defense secretary that would decide whether or not we would go to war or not. it comes down to the same thing. they can't accept that he beat his republican opponent twice in a row. they want to make the choices for him. >> there is nothing funnier than pretending that there is nothing more than one degree of difference on israel between the two parties ever. >> right. there is no difference for the record, the officials have said that security cooperation has never been closer between the united states and israel than under barack obama the policy is the same. recall though that everybody on the hill is raising money all the time. if they think they can raise money by beating up on the president then they will do so. rush are limbaugh has a half interesting point to make about the haegle point now. >> obama is going to be the first democrat to actually cut the defense budget. i shouldn't say cut dismantle the military. this is more than c
get us out of iraq. yeah. >> they are acting like it would be the defense secretary that would decide whether or not we would go to war or not. it comes down to the same thing. they can't accept that he beat his republican opponent twice in a row. they want to make the choices for him. >> there is nothing funnier than pretending that there is nothing more than one degree of difference on israel between the two parties ever. >> right. there is no difference for the record, the...
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like you, i watched what happened in iraq up close. and i saw it unfold i'm very, very, very worried now looking where the regime in baghdad is moving, i'm very worried and i ask myself the serious question, was it worth in blood and treasure that was lost? we can continue this conversation, congressman, down the road. congressman tom cotton. thanks, also, by the way, for your service in iraq and afghanistan. i know you had nothing to do with the policy, you went there as an honorable patriotic american and we welcome you to washington now as the united states congressman. >> thank you, wolf. i appreciate it. >> let's bring our national security contributor fran townsend who is joining us right now. fran, you're on the advisory board of the cia. what do you think of brennan becoming -- assuming he's confirmed -- the next cia director? >> you know, wolf, as you realize, when i was in the white house, john was not only serving in the cia, but he was instrumental in frankly sort of the founding director of what is now the national counter
like you, i watched what happened in iraq up close. and i saw it unfold i'm very, very, very worried now looking where the regime in baghdad is moving, i'm very worried and i ask myself the serious question, was it worth in blood and treasure that was lost? we can continue this conversation, congressman, down the road. congressman tom cotton. thanks, also, by the way, for your service in iraq and afghanistan. i know you had nothing to do with the policy, you went there as an honorable patriotic...
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the iraq war is over as of just exactly a year ago. the bush tax cuts were all extended for one more year last year after they reached their ten-year expiration date. and in the deal that president obama is due to sign now from his vacation in hawaii, the bush tax cuts are about to be made permanent for 99% of all mesh taxpayers. the tax cuts will go back to clinton-era rates, right. the tax rates will go back to what they were in the clinton area, only on income over 400 gs. so the bush tax cuts were a fiscal disaster for our country. but we are keeping 99% of them. still, though, the president got most of the deal that he wanted in this deal that happened over the holidays. and he did get the republicans to admit to that one tiny exception to making all the bush tax rates permanent. and the president signaled in a statement released by the white house today that he is now after this deal ready to move on. specifically, the president name checked five policy areas that he wants to move on now that this cliff nonsense is at least parti
the iraq war is over as of just exactly a year ago. the bush tax cuts were all extended for one more year last year after they reached their ten-year expiration date. and in the deal that president obama is due to sign now from his vacation in hawaii, the bush tax cuts are about to be made permanent for 99% of all mesh taxpayers. the tax cuts will go back to clinton-era rates, right. the tax rates will go back to what they were in the clinton area, only on income over 400 gs. so the bush tax...
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he was talking about the war that did turn out to be an eight and a half yearlong war in iraq. now bill kristol, the living, breathing symbol of wrong about national security, mr. kristol has a fresh deal going. now his new project is that he wants to stop the nomination of former senator chuck hagel as secretary of defense. president obama today chose the republican for nebraska for that job. despite having been fine with mr. hagel even as a possible vice president for george w. bush in 2000, bill kristol is now leading the opposition to chuck hagel at defense. bill kristol, the same guy who said iraq would take two months, who said the only consequences of us bombing iran already would be good consequences, the man who thought up the sarah palin vice presidency, the one man in america who can least be the arbiter of what is reasonable in national security. that same one guy bill kristol now bought chuckhagel.com where you can go to learn that bill kristol believes that chuck hagel is not a responsible option. oh, senator hagel, may you always be blessed with comically nonself
he was talking about the war that did turn out to be an eight and a half yearlong war in iraq. now bill kristol, the living, breathing symbol of wrong about national security, mr. kristol has a fresh deal going. now his new project is that he wants to stop the nomination of former senator chuck hagel as secretary of defense. president obama today chose the republican for nebraska for that job. despite having been fine with mr. hagel even as a possible vice president for george w. bush in 2000,...
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i voted against the war in iraq. so did president obama. if we had not gone to war in iraq, if we had not followed that foolish mistaken and unfortunately damaging policy, we'd have a trillion dollars less. we would be that much under the debt limit. plus, the debt ceiling simply says we're not going to pay our bills. it just is illogical to say that's to pay for that. that's like going out and incurring costs which all of us did, republicans and democrats together, and then saying oh, and by the way, i'm not going to pay my bill unless you do me this enormous favor. but the other point i would make is this. he talks about, we need tax reform. the biggest single abuse in the tax code today, and it's a tough contest, is the one that says the richest people in america who run hedge funds can treat their earned income as if it were a capital gain. they call it carried interest. >> yeah. >> it means the rest of us are carrying them. and we voted to reduce that. and paul ryan boxed it. he is against that. and if you remember from that interview,
i voted against the war in iraq. so did president obama. if we had not gone to war in iraq, if we had not followed that foolish mistaken and unfortunately damaging policy, we'd have a trillion dollars less. we would be that much under the debt limit. plus, the debt ceiling simply says we're not going to pay our bills. it just is illogical to say that's to pay for that. that's like going out and incurring costs which all of us did, republicans and democrats together, and then saying oh, and by...
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i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> with the fiscal cliff prices set at the last final moment, what are chances they can set prices in a timely manner. representative maxine waters is a democrat from california. she will be ranking member of the financial services committee. welcome to both of you representatives. thank you for joining us. congresswoman maxine waters, can we start with you and just ask you, at this point, we have been trying to figure out who won this battle and who lost? did anyone win? >> absolutely. our middle class american taxpayers won. with this agreement that the president signed, middle inkuks taxpayers in america won't have a tax increase. as matter of fact, they will have a permanent tax break and billion airs and millionaires of the country will have to pay
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because there's no doubt sanctions are having a big effect and indeed next month for the first time iraq will export more oil than iran. so the whole balance of power in terms of oil production in the region is changing as a result of the sanctions. on the other hand, i think the recent report from the atomic energy indicates there's no sign that iran is relenting on this essential push. the trouble is it's combined with the regime that holds views and does things that most people within the region find unacceptable. >> if we cut off iran's ability to export oil and which would face them with the prospect of devastating economic blow, i think that would be an inevitable move to war and i think it would be a serious mistake. >> you deliberately avoided any kind of military conflict with iran when you were president. >> yes, i did. i was advised by many of our people to go to war with iran, to bomb them, to punish them for holding our hostages. >> do you still think it would have been a terrible error to do that. >> i do. every one of hostages came home safe and free. there was no one kill
because there's no doubt sanctions are having a big effect and indeed next month for the first time iraq will export more oil than iran. so the whole balance of power in terms of oil production in the region is changing as a result of the sanctions. on the other hand, i think the recent report from the atomic energy indicates there's no sign that iran is relenting on this essential push. the trouble is it's combined with the regime that holds views and does things that most people within the...
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now that the war with iraq is over and afghanistan war is winding down. so obama's premise that we need to balanced approach to cutting the deficit and huge fiction which in a plan will cut $4 trilin in the next decade, it will do no such thing. he is basing his argument on a falsehood which is what he's done is lie, distort. and what this showed us is that obama in the second term is going to be worse than obama in the first term. what we saw in one hour was the worst of our president on display. and republicans, they need to understand all of this dealing with obama. a man reckless, ruthless, and any president they will ever encounter. my next guess says he has a plan that will bolster the republicans plan. ohio senator is with us, how are you? >> great. >> sean: first, what do you make obama? only 2006 vote against the debt ceiling. now? >> he said would it be unpatriotic to vote to. >> sean: that is another thing. very that clip. do you want to see it? >> sure, it will be fun. >> sean: let's show the videotape. >> the problem is the way bush has done
now that the war with iraq is over and afghanistan war is winding down. so obama's premise that we need to balanced approach to cutting the deficit and huge fiction which in a plan will cut $4 trilin in the next decade, it will do no such thing. he is basing his argument on a falsehood which is what he's done is lie, distort. and what this showed us is that obama in the second term is going to be worse than obama in the first term. what we saw in one hour was the worst of our president on...
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unpaid for in iraq, an unnecessary war. afghanistan, military spending else where. i very much want to cut spending but people who want to exempt the military from spending cuts. >> you have to have the last word on that. >> every penny to the pentagon and every penny the government spends, we still borrow $300 billion a year and his party has to come to grips with that. >> gentlemen, as you step aside, we might see you temporarily in the united states senate and see how that plays out in massachusetts. hopefully, hopefully in the spirit -- >> senator frank, that would be kind of interesting for a few months. >> no comment he says. >> all right, that's good. >> that's a yes then. >> that was not a filibuster. >>> after the break, an update on the very serious situation playing out in algeria. the head of the house committee on intelligence, mike rogers. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value o
unpaid for in iraq, an unnecessary war. afghanistan, military spending else where. i very much want to cut spending but people who want to exempt the military from spending cuts. >> you have to have the last word on that. >> every penny to the pentagon and every penny the government spends, we still borrow $300 billion a year and his party has to come to grips with that. >> gentlemen, as you step aside, we might see you temporarily in the united states senate and see how that...
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. >> brendon morocco was private first class when he hit a loadside bomb in iraq and lost all four of his limbs. today, he has two new arms and two new reasons to smile. >> now i can move my elbows. this is my elbow. the one i had before. i can rotate a little bit. >> the 26-year-old from staten island because the war's first quadruple amputee and the first seasonal to receive double arm transplant last month in baltimore. team of the nation's top physician able to attached donor arm to the wounded seasonal that should one day be fully functionm. >> it seals amazing -- it feels amazing. something i was waiting for, for a long time. now that it finally happened, i really don't know what to say. it's just such a big thing for my life. it's, it's fantastic. >> fox news first met him last summer when the tunnel to tower foundation built him a new home. a home that was danieled by hurricane sandy. but is now being rebuilt. today he described what he has missed most. >> driving. absolutely, driving. >> why? >> i used to love to drive. it was a lot of fun for me. one of my goals is to cycle
. >> brendon morocco was private first class when he hit a loadside bomb in iraq and lost all four of his limbs. today, he has two new arms and two new reasons to smile. >> now i can move my elbows. this is my elbow. the one i had before. i can rotate a little bit. >> the 26-year-old from staten island because the war's first quadruple amputee and the first seasonal to receive double arm transplant last month in baltimore. team of the nation's top physician able to attached...
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he covered then-secretary of state colin powell in the run up to the war on iraq and maria theresa kumar and an msnbc contributor. let me thank both of you for your time. >> thanks, reverend. >> let me come to your first. is this a case of the truth hurts for the gop? >> well, you know, colin powell has incredible bona fide aids with the republican party. he chooses his words very carefully. he does not go out on these words unless he has something to say. this is someone who watches this unfold and says things as he intends them to be. and, you know, i understand why some people would be upset about having to look in the mirror. but he is trying to get republicans to look in the mirror and say we have messed up. we need to change. this kind of reaction that he's been getting only proves his point. >> now, maria, when you see the reaction, the hostility he's called by on shapiro vile, rubin, venomous. laura ingram says he sounds more like sharpton than reagan. it's not like they're getting the poiblt. in reality, what he's saying is to get them to really clean up their act. and he said t
he covered then-secretary of state colin powell in the run up to the war on iraq and maria theresa kumar and an msnbc contributor. let me thank both of you for your time. >> thanks, reverend. >> let me come to your first. is this a case of the truth hurts for the gop? >> well, you know, colin powell has incredible bona fide aids with the republican party. he chooses his words very carefully. he does not go out on these words unless he has something to say. this is someone who...
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iraq's supposed to hit you anyhow, you're all going to get nuked. you don't take human life like this and sabotage and rip it across like jesus on the cross and say thanks a lot for all of the money made off of you. kn i know what jesus was going through. >> one day before her execution. i'll tell you something, in the courtroom, before jurors, et cetera, it was a lot of the same stuff. is that what it takes for jurors to get to i'll vote yes for death? you have to have someone of that ilk but not so for men? >> it's a vengeance kind of thing for a jury. they're not supposed to do this. a crime of brutality, the idea this punishment is deserved. in this case that we've looked at, there is a second factor. what threat would she pose to the society if she ever got out of prison? i think jurors look at that and they say, is this person truly a monster? if they ever could get out of prison we're not going to allow that to happen so they impose the death penalty. >> we'll have to keep an eye on this case. obviously klemm eclemency can h. but this is texa
iraq's supposed to hit you anyhow, you're all going to get nuked. you don't take human life like this and sabotage and rip it across like jesus on the cross and say thanks a lot for all of the money made off of you. kn i know what jesus was going through. >> one day before her execution. i'll tell you something, in the courtroom, before jurors, et cetera, it was a lot of the same stuff. is that what it takes for jurors to get to i'll vote yes for death? you have to have someone of that...
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the president came in saying he would end the iraq war and the afghan war. he would get rid of the iraq war and take the afghanistan war and slow it down, basically downsize it. that's what he's been doing for the last four years despite the neocons screaming about it all the way. chuck hagel is a continuation on that. when he had to, he stared down petraeus. [ overlapping speakers ] >> you guys have john boldin after saying this is clinton with somehow faking her concussion. >> i didn't say that. the president can have who he wants. i like chuck hagel. if he gets it, i'm fine with it. >> suppose your guy won the race the guy you thought would win. and he put boldin in, the strange mustache guy. would they have put him in there? >> i don't think romney would have put bolton in. >> let's talk about the fiscal cliff. that's behind us. that turkey's behind us. >> we got others. >> we have lived through bill clinton. whatever you say about bill clinton, he knew how to deal with these people saying shut down the government. go ahead. i'll have my pizza. you go ah
the president came in saying he would end the iraq war and the afghan war. he would get rid of the iraq war and take the afghanistan war and slow it down, basically downsize it. that's what he's been doing for the last four years despite the neocons screaming about it all the way. chuck hagel is a continuation on that. when he had to, he stared down petraeus. [ overlapping speakers ] >> you guys have john boldin after saying this is clinton with somehow faking her concussion. >> i...